The Stroop effect in kana and kanji scripts in native Japanese speakers: An fMRI study

Brain and Language

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-132

  Coderre, Emily L ^a   Filippi, Christopher G ^a   Newhouse, Paul A ^a   Dumas, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Japanese kana and kanji; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 53449093226     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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